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You may not have heard of Mouth Foods, the online marketplace for delicious products “made by people, not companies,” but that’s OK. As a young, growing company, they know that email is the one of the first experiences many of their customers have with their brand. And that’s why it’s so important to them to get …

The Onion has been poking fun at our dumb world for close to 30 years now. Started by a couple wise guys at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the satirical newspaper was first distributed throughout Midwestern college towns, then grew to include a website, an arts and entertainment wing called The A.V. Club, and an internet clickbait parody site …

All business is funny business for the people behind creative agency/software company/storytelling conglomeration Cultivated Wit. And email makes it possible. “Email was the very first thing we did,” says Craig Cannon, co-founder and product director. “I made a one-pager website with a MailChimp signup for our email list, and that was the entire website. From the …

Betabrand has always been pretty weird. So it was no surprise when the San Francisco-based retailer went a little over the top with the holidays this year, sending campaigns that promoted their end-of-year sales while mocking the very idea of end-of-year sales. "We like to make fun of the excess, the gluttony, that comes along …

We all know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are big days for retailers. But how big, exactly? Companies sharing their holiday balance sheets is about as rare as an unclaimed Tickle Me Elmo on December 24, 1996. But for Need/Want, it’s just part of doing business. Founded earlier this year, Need/Want sells “products that solve problems.” …